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December 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Cindy Blackman Santana: Give The Drummer Some

Cindy Blackman Santana Give The Drummer Some Copperline As Cindy Blackman she made her name as the drummer in Lenny Kravitz’s band – wearing a wig and stomping out the rock grooves. But that was the side-hustle made big; her real love (and skill) was as a jazzer, making records under her own name. I’m […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Carlos Santana, Cindy Blackman, Cindy Blackman Santana, Cindy Blackman Santana: Give The Drummer Some, Copperline, Drummer, Drums, Give The Drummer Some, Guest, Guests, John McLaughlin, Kirk Hammett, Santana, Solo Album, Vernon Reid, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Dave Schoepke: Tessellated Resonance

Dave Schoepke Tessellated Resonance Dave Schoepke Dave Schoepke is a journeyman drummer and percussionist. He’s been a regular with the Willy Porter Band and also plays with Martin Barre (of Jethro Tull fame). He has appeared on dozens of records, worked as a teacher and recorded instructional drum material as well as a series of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Dave Schoepke, Dave Schoepke: Tessellated Resonance, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Glenn Kotche, Mickey Hart, Percussion, Planet Drum, Solo Album, Tessellated Resonance, World Music, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Ringo Starr: What’s My Name

Ringo Starr What’s My Name Ringo Starr Every other Ringo Starr album is “the best thing he’s done in 30 years” – no one checks to see what album came out 30 years ago when they say that, they just assume it’s the requisite amount of distance. The alternate ones are dogshit and best forgotten, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Colin Hay, Joe Walsh, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Ringo Starr: What’s My Name, Solo Album, Steve Lukather, What's My Name, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 250

Stevie Nicks, The Wild Heart (1983) I came back from last week’s Fleetwood Mac concert newly enthralled by Stevie Nicks – she’s great, and I’ve obviously always thought so, but just lately I’ve been talking about the band and reducing her role somewhat, baffled, I guess, by her super-fans’ devotion. But, man, get her deep […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1983, Fleetwood Mac, LP, Nightbird, Prince, Record, Solo Album, Stand Back, Stevie Nicks, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 250, Vinyl ·

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April 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Phil Judd: Flightless Bird

Phil Judd  Flightless Bird  (Independent/Bandcamp)  For the last decade and a half Phil Judd’s musical voice has been sneaking out into the world via a handful of idiosyncratic solo releases – you know that voice, instantly. And vocally there’s still every power in it, reminders of all that was always great. There are musical motifs – and the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bandcamp, Buster Stiggs, Flightless Bird, Phil Judd, Phil Judd: Flightless Bird, Schnell-Fenster, Solo Album, The Swingers, Tim Finn, Unique, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 347

Ringo Starr, Sentimental Journey (1970) Poor old Ringo Starr. I say “Poor old Ringo Starr”, when there’s nothing poor about him. Nice life, great drummer, in the best band in the world, lucky timing on that too, etc. And it really hasn’t mattered what he did after. I mean he’s as well-known – actually probably […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged "Singer", # 347, 1970, Covers, Crooner, Debut, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, I'm A Fool To Care, LP, Record, Ringo Starr, Sentimental Journey, Singing, Solo Album, Standards, The Beatles, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 347, Thomas & Friends, Thomas The Tank Engine, Vinyl, Vocalist ·

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December 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 146: Harry Lyon

Welcome to episode 146 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library to access each new episode; or via Anchor/FM you can get […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged #146, Chat, Conversation, Coup D'Etat, Dave McArtney, Delaney Davidson, Dr. I Like Your Medicine, Graham Brazier, Harry Lyon, Hello Sailor, Interview, Lyin' In The Sand, Pink Flamingos, Podcast, Simon Sweetman, Solo Album, Songs, Songwriter, Songwriting, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 146, Sweetman Podcast # 146: Harry Lyon, The Legionnaires, To The Sea, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 420

Jeff Lynne, Armchair Theatre (1990) I was pleased to find this. Jeff Lynne’s first solo album – arriving right at the end of the very hot streak that saw the Wilburys and all of the albums that Jeff worked on in and around that – Tom Petty, George Harrison, etc. I reckon Armchair Theatre is […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1990, Armchair Theatre, Debut, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Every Little Thing, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, LP, Record, Solo Album, The Vinyl Countdown # 420, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

David Byrne: American Utopia

David Byrne American Utopia Nonesuch It’s almost incredible to think it’s been some 14 years between David Byrne solo albums. That’s because he’s busy writing operas, staging shows, sending out e-newsletters, publishing books, collaborating with old pals (Brian Eno) and new friends (St. Vincent) and scoring soundtracks. He’s doing anything he can to not agree […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, American Utopia, Artist, Brian Eno, David Byrne, David Byrne: American Utopia, Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, Feelings, Grown Backwards, Look Into The Eyeball, Solo Album, St. Vincent, Talking Heads, Tour, Writer, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Jeff Tweedy: Together At Last

Jeff Tweedy Together At Last Amazon Digital Services, LLC A stripped back set of band songs performed by the chief – the singer/songwriter – that’s the plan for Tweedy’s first proper solo album – and it works just fine. Very well in fact, particularly because after a lovely opening stroll through Via Chicago, its groove […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acoustic, Adult Head, Album Review, Golden Smog, Jeff Tweedy, Loose Fur, Solo, Solo Album, Together At Last, Tweedy, Wilco ·

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February 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 148 The Album

We have been recording it in our downtime since late last year and it is something I’ve been wanting to do or a long while. Back in the eighties we recorded in some wonderful studios – EMI, Marmalade, Last Laugh, Writhe but there were nearly always time and budget constraints. Our album The Moon was […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Ghost, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Guitar, Hannah, Jon Mcleary, Les, Malky, Music, New Album, New Songs, Recording, Recording Studio, Solo Album, Spines, Studio, The Album, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 148 The Album, The Moon, The Spines, Unreleased, War Stories, War Stories # 148, Wellington ·

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October 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Garrett: A Version of Now

Peter Garrett A Version of Now Sony Music Peter Garrett’s first solo album has been cleverly designed to appeal, to remind you all of the sound he brought to Midnight Oil, or that the Oils gave to him; to remind also that he was into politics before he got into politics – and that maybe […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Version of Now, Debut, Midnight Oil, MP, Peter Garrett, Peter Garrett: A Version of Now, Politician, Solo Album ·
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